Company: No Engine Trouble On Nelson Plane In Orlando

The manager of the company that serviced Rick Nelson's DC-3 in Orlando last week said that there were no indications the singer's airplane might have had engine problems.

Don Dudley said neither the pilot nor anyone in the 45-year-old singer's party requested special maintenance for the aircraft.

''There was no maintenance done whatsoever,'' said Dudley, who manages Aircraft Charter Services at Orlando Executive Airport. ''It took on fuel, nothing out of the ordinary, just the normal service.''

Nelson, who appeared in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet television series, died Tuesday with his fiancee and five band members when the DC-3 crashed in northeast Texas. The group was traveling from Alabama to Dallas for a New Year's Eve concert.

The Dallas County medical examiner's office said Nelson and the other crash victims apparently died of smoke inhalation and burns.

''On all of them the cause of death is going to be probably smoke inhalation and thermal burns,'' said Deborah Harris, an assistant to the medical examiner at Dallas.

Nelson performed Dec. 27 on Orange Avenue as part of celebrations surrounding the Citrus Bowl football game.